This particular sideline shot from game made me fee really good

[Stu]

There was another moment that stuck out to me. I believe it was an illegal procedure penalty on us. Instead of coaches yelling at each other, we got a sideline shot of Riley and Williams talking and figuring out who and what caused the penalty.

Sure, that is great and all but they had 12 penalties. When the number is a dozen does it really matter how the coaches are reacting?

Now...if next week it is half of that...I will be happy and it will show that their reactions could be helping.

This.

 

[Kernal]

The coaches were very professional on the sideline and that's refreshing to see. I loved seeing the teaching moments taken advantage of that's for sure instead of turning those moments into scream sessions.

This. We'll never see a red-faced Coach Riley spraying our starting QB with spit as he comes off the field. On the other hand, he's also not comatose on the sideline like Kirk Ferentz and calming making out his grocery list on his note pad while his team falls to pieces all around him.

Coach Riley has fire, but he's also an adult. I'm glad he's on our sideline representing DONU, and nothing that happened on Saturday changed that opinion. With all that said, he's very clearly got his work cut out for him this season.

"That's football."